Contractor, Italian Condotte S.p.A has achieved breakthrough using a Cat double shield hard rock TBM on the 5.8km long Service…
Month: June 2012
Second Gotthard Road Tunnel planned
The Swiss government has announced it has decided to build a second road tunnel through the Gotthard mountain range in central Switzerland at a…
London's Silvertown Tunnel given government boost
The UK Secretary of State for Transport, the Rt Hon Justine Greening MP has designated the proposed new Silvertown Tunnel…
6.6m NFM for Moscow
NFM Technologies has just been awarded the supply contract for a 6.6m diameter EPBM, that will be used in the…
Laing O'Rourke for Tottenham Court contract
Crossrail has today announced its intention to award the main construction contract for the Western Ticket Hall at Tottenham Court…
Tender starts for North West Rail Link
NSW Premier and Minister for Western Sydney Barry O’Farrell and NSW Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian yesterday announced the multi-billion…
Crossrail Eastern TBM assembly begins
Assembly of Crossrail’s next 1,000 tonne Herrenknecht TBM, Elizabeth, has commenced at Limmo Peninsula in east London. During the next…
Oahu conveyance tunnel progresses
A final alignment has been selected for the 3.2-mile (4.8km) long 10’-12’ diameter Kaneohe-Kailua tunnel, under Oneawa Hills, in Oahu,…
Boring completes on Germany's XFEL
Construction of the US$304M, 5.7km long maze of 11 tunnels for the US$1.4bn European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser project (European XFEL)…
Shell award Corrib gas tunnel
BAM Civil Ltd and Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau AG have been awarded the contract by Shell E&P Ireland Ltd for…